NPD has released sales data for the month of March 2014 today, showing that Sony’s Playstation 4 console is still the best gaming console to be sold at the moment, surpassing its main competitor, Microsoft’s Xbox One. Sony has been dominating console sales for the last 3 months it seems, and this is the 3rd consecutive month when the PS4 outsold the Xbox One. Recent reports show that Sony has sold over 7 million PS4 units to date, marking a successful launch for the new generation of its consoles. Microsoft in return has been reported to have sold 5 million Xbox One units, so the gap is getting considerably larger.
“PS4 and Xbox One continue to see success with cumulative sales of the two consoles through the first five month currently totaling more than double that of their predecessors, the PS3 and Xbox 360.” reads a statement from NPD. “In March 2014, Sony’s PS4 led hardware sales for the third month in a row.” the post continues.
This information comes as a bit of a surprise, despite the PS4 having recently received its flagship exclusive, inFamous: Second Son. Why? Simply because Microsoft has been heavily marketing its Xbox One, bundling up with the highly-anticipated Titanfall. While the game did do a great deal for Microsoft, it seems it wasn’t enough to overthrow Sony’s PS4 from its leading position. The NPD concludes its report by stating that “As seen in the past few months, hardware sales for March 2014 saw strong growth over March 2013, up 78 percent. Sales increases were driven completely by consoles sales, which were up over 100 percent, due mainly to continued success from the PS4 and Xbox One.”.
Despite Titanfall, Sony’s lead seems to be increasing by the day. No longer suffering from stock shortages, the PS4 is selling great. That’s not to undermine the achievements of the Xbox One, which is also selling really well, but overall, the difference is pretty large.